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w. E. LALLEY, CAR REPLACING DEVICE AFPLICATION HLED )ULY 7 I914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915;

STATES, PATENT QFFIQEY WILLIAM E. LALLEY, or REPUBLIC, wasnme'ron.

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,vlvashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in"Car-Replacing Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a'full, clear, and eiact description-0f the invention, sucl r as willenable. others skilledjin the art to make and use the same. a g

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements ina'device for-replacing cars upon the rails o tthe track. in carrying outmy invention it is my purpose to provide ear replacing devices which are reversible in the sense'that they may be employed for placing carsupon the tracks in either direction, and furthermore, the device maybeplaced againstthe inner sides or outer sides of the rails as the occasion may demand.

Still a further object. of my invention isthe provision otcar replacingdevices which will embody in their construction the desired features ofsimplicity,.eliiciency, reliability and convenience, and by meansotwhich devices a-rar may be quickly and readily replaced upon the trackafter it has been derailed.

\Vith the above recited objects and-pthers of a similar nature in view,my invention consists in the construction. combination and' arrangementof parts set forth in ,and falling within the scope. of the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of :1 sectionof a. track way and showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is across sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of'the car replacing frogs. Fig. 4 is a similarview of the other car replacing frog.

In the practice of my invention I employ a pair of frog members, one ofwhich is adapted to be placed upon the ties in such manner as to abutagainst the inside face of one rail, while the other member is sopositioned as to abut against the opposite side of the outside rail.this latter member having a. portion overlying the tread section of therail. Furthermore. the frog members are. so constructed that they may beemployed for replacing cars in either. direction upon the track Way.

which it. appertains t0 track' rail.

' being then cum'ed or swelled upward beveledgiooves (i, which extendsllbs'ta'nti grooves.

.roughened Patented Dec. 7, 1915 Referring now to theaccompanyingdra'wlogs in detail,'the ties of the track are shown at 1,while the usual track rails are ind'icated at 2. My invention embraces apair of wrecking or replacing blocks for replacing theca fs upon thetrack, one member of the pair j' blocks being indicated as an entiretyby t letter A, while the other member is similarly indicated bytheletter B. -f The frog member A 's adapted when use to rest uponthe tiesand have one of it. side edges abut'against the inner face of the Thismember A comprisesa ui tallic body having a Hat substantially rectangul'ar base 3'whi h is adapted to bee, upon the ties, the top of thisfrog member I the transverse-edge -& toward. the-oppos transverse edge5. The top of the frog mem berg A 'i's,.-further formed with inwardlyally parallel with each other as at! these grooves then divergingrelative-l each other as-shown at 8'8, the result hem that an elevatedweb or barrier 9 isforiile' between the diverging portions 8-8 ofth Thefrog member A is further provided w th a .tongu'e 10 which isadaoted to'be slipped beneath the rail between the tiesimd has an upwardly turnedterminal 11 forming ahook so that the frog member may be fastened orsecured to the rail and held against dislodgment. This tongue ispivoted, as at 12, to the base of the frog, and this. base may, ifdesired, be roughened or corrugated, as. at 13, and provided with smalltie engaging spurs 14 The other member B is formed of a metallic platehaving a flat base 15 which is or corrugated, as at 16, to grip theties, and is provided with small tie"en-' gaging spurs 17. This base isprovided with sides 1919 which taper 0l diverge toward each other fromthe end 20, the plate then spreading or flaring to form a head 21,having the rounded top 22. This head is of relatively less thicknessthan the bodv of the plate and its under face is flattened, as at 23. torest upon the tread of the rail. as shown in Fig. 1. the opposite sidesof the head being provided with downwardly extending rail gripping lugs24. The tongue 25 is pivoted, as at 26,130 the fori vvard endtheplate'section ofthe frogand beneatijhthe head, and'isprovided at itsoute -for" free end with a downviardly turned lug 27 adapted to restupon the tie or ground and form a support for the outer portion of thehead of the frog. The top of the frog is swelled or curved and 'isformed with diverging grooves 29-29, these grooves approaching eachother at their center portions and diverging at'theirends, as clearly.shown in Fig. '1, a swelled or 4; curved web 30 being formed betwe'enthe two grooves.

From. the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and manner of employing these frogsfor'replacing a car will be read- 11y apparent.

' shown in Fig. 1 with one of its side faces flush ,with the inner sideof the rail and is fastened to the rail by means of the hook be rail,While the small. pivoted arm or tongue ore mentionedw The other frogmember having the depending lug in supporting and stay-mg the oute rportion of the 'head awavfrom the rail.

Assuming a car to be derailed, the wheels 0f.-the car, which areconventionally illustrated'at W-'W, are pinched or pushed-forwaird untilthe flanges of the .wheels ride uponythe frogs in the grooves thereofwhich are nearest the rails, and then directed or guided by the Webs'andgrooves of the frogs, the wheels retakin the trackinithe manner.readily'understoo in devices ofthis class;

It will be noted that these frogs areso.

constructed that they will not slipwhen placed in position, andurthern1'0re', are ex- The frog A in position is,-

A car replacer including a frog member adapted to be placed against theinside of the track, said frog having a substantially rectangular baseportion adapted to rest upon-the ties, a tongue bolted to and extendingfrom the'base portion and adapted to fit beneath the rails, said tongueterminating in an upturn'ed'hooki adapted to engage the adjacent edge ofthe rail, the up per portion of the frog being curved or swelled towardthe opposite end and provided with grooves which diverge relatively toeach other from one end portion toward the opposite end portion, saidgrooves be ing adapted'toreceive. thefianges of the n-car wheel, and asecond frog member adapts ed to fit against the outside of the oppositetrack rail, said second frog member comprising a plate section having aswelled or' "curved upper portlon. terminat ng at one end in anenlargedhead adapted to partially overlie and rest upon the track rail, saidsecond member having a 'pair of grooves therein which converge towardtheinmiddle portions and diverge toward their end portrons, said groovesbeing adapted to receive 'the flanges'of the car wheels, and a laterallyextending tongue projecting outward from the second block member andhaving a doWnturned end adapted to rest upon the adjacent ground surfaceto support the tongue in position relative to the rail.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my-signature, in the presence of twoitnesses.

WILLIAM E; LALLEY.

Witnesses:

. W. R. Foul x,

P. H. WALsH;

